Prepayment was superior to postpayment cash incentives in a randomized postal survey among physicians

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 777-784

  Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Johnston, Janice M ^a   Saing, Hnin ^a   Tin, Keith Y K ^a   Wong, Irene O L ^a   Ho, Lai Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Hong Kong; Incentives; Physicians; Response rates

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLING;

EID: 5644243061     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.12.021     Document Type: Article

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